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HUME VS KANT
Hume
1711–1776
What's true is what survives the test.
Kant
1724–1804
The eternal pattern beneath the changing surface.
▸ WHERE THEY SHARPLY DISAGREED
The three dimensions on which Hume and Kant are farthest apart on Mull's 0–10 scale.
- Skeptical ReflexΔ 8 / 10Hume: 10/10Kant: 2/10
sharply (8/10): Hume holds doubt and suspended judgment as a discipline; Kant is more willing to commit.
- Trust in ExperienceΔ 7 / 10Hume: 10/10Kant: 3/10
sharply (7/10): Hume grounds knowing in lived experience; Kant weights other sources of evidence more.
- Universalist ImpulseΔ 7 / 10Hume: 3/10Kant: 10/10
sharply (7/10): Kant reaches for universal moral principles; Hume weighs particular contexts more heavily.
▸ WHERE THEY OVERLAPPED
Where the gap is smallest — both with meaningful presence on the dimension (not "neither cared").
- Theoretical Drivegap 0 / 10Hume: 8/10Kant: 8/10
Both lean strongly into theoretical drive.
- Sovereign Selfgap 0 / 10Hume: 6/10Kant: 6/10
Both register moderate sovereign self.
- Communal Embeddednessgap 0 / 10Hume: 4/10Kant: 4/10
Both keep communal embeddedness muted.
▸ ALL 16 DIMENSIONS
The full vector comparison. Bars show their 0–10 scores side-by-side.
- Ascetic TendencyΔ 6
- Communal EmbeddednessΔ 0
- Embodied SensibilityΔ 4
- Mystical ReceptivityΔ 2
- Practical OrientationΔ 1
- Reverence for TraditionΔ 1
- Self as IllusionΔ 5
- Skeptical ReflexΔ 8
- Sovereign SelfΔ 0
- Theoretical DriveΔ 0
- Trust in ExperienceΔ 7
- Trust in ReasonΔ 6
- Tragic VisionΔ 0
- Universalist ImpulseΔ 7
- Vital AffirmationΔ 2
- Will to PowerΔ 1
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